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Siân Phillips

Acting 93 years old Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales ★ 1.0
Born: May 14, 1933

Biography

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips DBE (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress, author and singer.

Phillips was the daughter of Sally (née Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker-turned-policeman. She is a Welsh-speaker and in the first volume of her autobiography, "Private Faces", she notes that she spoke only Welsh for much of her childhood, learning English by listening to the radio.

She attended Pontardawe Grammar School and later read English and Philosophy at University College Cardiff, graduating in 1955. She entered RADA in LOndon, England with a scholarship in September 1955, the same year as Diana Rigg and Glenda Jackson. She went on to win the prestigious Bancroft Gold Medal for Hedda Gabler and was offered work in Hollywood when she left RADA. While still a student she was offered three film contracts, entailing her to work for an extended period of time in the United States; but she declined, preferring to work on stage instead.

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Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Laura Upward 1989
Silent Witness
Silent Witness Beattie Elletson 1996
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Hermione 1979
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Enid Meadows 2024

Filmography

Acting Credits (122)

Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Richard Burton: Wild Genius Self 2025
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty Narrator 2024
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar Voice 2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Alec Guinness: A Class Act self 2024
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Enid Meadows 2024
Siân Phillips at 90
Siân Phillips at 90 Self 2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba Self 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Self 2022
The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective Grandma Dix 2022
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Wonders of the Celtic Deep Self - Narrator 2021
A Year in the Beacons
A Year in the Beacons Narrator 2021
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon 2021
Dream Horse
Dream Horse Maureen 2021
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol Grandmother / narrator (voice) 2020
Summerland
Summerland Margaret Corey 2020
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds Agnes Gillian 2020
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs Madame Neilsen 2019
Time & Again
Time & Again Eleanor 2019
Be Happy!
Be Happy! 2019
Good Omens
Good Omens Mr. Henderson 2019
Nureyev
Nureyev Narrator 2018
To Provide All People
To Provide All People Patient 2018
Miss Dalí
Miss Dalí Anna Maria Dalí 2018
Voyageuse
Voyageuse Erica 2018
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Hochelaga, Land of Souls Sarah Walker 2017
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Aberfan: The Green Hollow 2016
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood Mrs. Pugh 2014
A Picture of London
A Picture of London Narrator 2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents May 2012
Lovesong
Lovesong Maggie 2012
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted Narrator 2011
Lewis
Lewis Adele Goffe 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self 2007
The Murder Room
The Murder Room Marie Strickland 2004
Still: Here/Now
Still: Here/Now Self 2003
The Last Detective
The Last Detective Vera Dulciman 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film Self - Ru (archive footage) 2003
Stalin: Inside the Terror
Stalin: Inside the Terror Narrator 2003
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
I, Claudius: A Television Epic Self 2002
Attila
Attila Grandmother 2001
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime Evil Baroness 2000
Come and Go
Come and Go Ru 2000
The Magician's House
The Magician's House Meg Lewis 1999
Aristocrats
Aristocrats Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox 1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass Red Queen 1998
The Scold's Bridle
The Scold's Bridle Mathilda Gillespie 1998
The Scold's Bridle
The Scold's Bridle Mathilda 1998
Arthouse
Arthouse Self - Commentary 1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Lady Annabel Butler 1997
La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita Adrian 1997
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine 1997
House of America
House of America Mam 1997
Silent Witness
Silent Witness Beattie Elletson 1996
The Mousehole Cat
The Mousehole Cat Narrator 1995
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew Calypso 1995
The Return of the Borrowers
The Return of the Borrowers Mrs. Driver 1993
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence Mrs. Archer 1993
Heidi
Heidi Frau Sesemann 1993
The Sherman Plays
The Sherman Plays Self - Introduction 1993
The Borrowers
The Borrowers Mrs. Driver 1992
The Chestnut Soldier
The Chestnut Soldier Nain Griffiths 1991
The Black Candle
The Black Candle Daisy Barnett 1991
Emlyn's Moon
Emlyn's Moon Nain Griffiths 1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Perfect Scoundrels Mother Aloysius 1990
Red Empire
Red Empire Narrator (voice) 1990
Dark River
Dark River Mrs. Blessington 1990
Valmont
Valmont Madame de Volanges 1989
Shadow of the Noose
Shadow of the Noose Lady Scott 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Laura Upward 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid Mersyankh (voice) 1989
The Snow Spider
The Snow Spider Nain Griffiths 1988
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair Matilda Crawley 1987
A Killing on the Exchange
A Killing on the Exchange Isobel Makepeace 1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Duchess of Windsor 1987
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Charal 1985
The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils Annabella Rock 1985
Dune
Dune Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam 1984
How Many Miles to Babylon?
How Many Miles to Babylon? Mrs Alicia Moore 1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Clementine Churchill 1981
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans Cassiopeia 1981
Carpathian Eagle
Carpathian Eagle Mrs. Henska 1980
Hammer House of Horror
Hammer House of Horror Mrs. Henska 1980
Nijinsky
Nijinsky Lady Ripon 1980
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Ann Smiley 1979
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment Katerina Ivánovna 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Hermione 1979
Warrior Queen
Warrior Queen Queen Boudicca 1978
Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House Hesione Hushabye 1977
The Achurch Letters
The Achurch Letters Janet Achurch 1977
I, Claudius
I, Claudius Livia 1976
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley Beth Morgan 1975
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Mrs. Patrick Campbell 1974
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder Emmeline Pankhurst 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Janet Achurch 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Alicia Moore 1974
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard 1972
Platonov
Platonov Anna 1971
Murphy's War
Murphy's War Hayden 1971
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Ursula Mossbank 1969
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham Martha Jones 1969
Laughter in the Dark
Laughter in the Dark Lady Pamela More 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre Sally Stirling 1969
The Sex Game
The Sex Game Louisa 1968
Thief
Thief Woman 1968
It’s Dearer After Midnight
It’s Dearer After Midnight Jo 1968
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse May Bartram 1967
Half Hour Story
Half Hour Story A Girl 1967
Eh, Joe?
Eh, Joe? Voice 1966
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Anna Voinitseva 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month The Duchesse of Berwich 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Hesione Hushabye 1965
Young Cassidy
Young Cassidy Ella 1965
Becket
Becket Gwendolen 1964
Espionage
Espionage Anna 1963
Don Juan in Hell
Don Juan in Hell Dona Ana 1962
The Longest Day
The Longest Day WRNS Officer (uncredited) 1962
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67 Carole Blair 1961
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre 1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Lady Lavery 1951
Frank and Percy
Frank and Percy

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